London's best cycling road 'like country lane'

The capital's best roads for cyclists have been revealed in the London Cycling Campaign annual awards.

Agar Grove in Camden and Pentonville Road in Islington were named the most improved areas following work to make them cycle friendly.

Judges praised the Transport for London-funded cycle link between Agar Grove and Camley Street for being like "a sudden arrival on a country lane with no motor traffic".

The Pentonville Road/Penton Rise junction was chosen for allowing cyclists to use bus lanes more easily.

Awards organisers hailed the capital's coming of age as a serious cycling city, and a record number of entries were received.

Clare Neely, chairwoman of the judges, said: "It's a pleasure to see that not only is cycling soaring in London but that the standard of and number of projects nominated for the London Cycling Awards is growing."

Tom Bogdanowicz, LCC's campaigns and development manager, said: "The winners in each category show that outstanding ideas and clever engineering solutions are being developed across London and that they are worth the effort."

Another award winner was a Metropolitan Police project in Regent's Park to help pupils at the nearby Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children learn cycling and road safety awareness.

The Bike on Estates Project, from Hackney, also won an award for its work to take cycling into three housing estates. The Lottery-funded project let children borrow bikes and taught them how to fix them and ride properly.